13. Clifford Jones
12 year old Clifford Emanuel (L.?) Jones (4'1", 87lbs, 22 Oct 1965) was staying at 1183/1153 Lookout Ave NW with his maternal grandmother, Dorothy Williams, visiting from 916 E. 123 Street, Cleveland (originally from Chattanooga). His mother was Eunice E. Jones.
Mother
The boy and his brother, Dwayne, had taken up can collecting, and during
one trip, had stumbled across a body of a murdered man. Clifford had
another brother Herman and a sister Alice. Eunice's husband was killed
in the army 14 years before. Another brother (?), Emanuel Williams,
said the last time Jones was seen was when he let Clifford go help a
woman with her groceries.
Clifford Jones was last seen at St. James & Lookout Ave with a cousin looking for cans to sell.
~2000 Wednesday 20 August 1980
Clifford Jones was last seen at St. James & Lookout Ave with a cousin looking for cans to sell.
~2000 Wednesday 20 August 1980
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Jaime Brooks
3 youths at the laundromat at Hollywood Plaza
witnessed (through the window in which a fan was in) the manager, a James "Jaime" Edward Brooks, and a man named Calvin strangle, beat and carry his body to the trash.
One witness named Freddie, 19, whom the police called "retarded", said
the manager fondled and anally raped Jones before strangling him with a
yellow rope. Then he said he washed him with soap and a rag and
re-clothed his body. Two more witnesses saw a black man in a hooded
robe walk from the manager's home and place a large item in plastic
next to the dumpster, then make a phone call. Police had responded to
an anonymous call.
A fourth witness claimed the manager took Clifford and another man to his residence. He saw the hooded robe in the manager's home.
The other man said he spent the night with the manager. He had met him at the Silver Dollar Saloon in November 1980. He also met "Nate" Cater there, and had met Michael McIntosh at the Cameo Lounge.
The manager would be sentenced on a charge in another case of aggravated assault with attempt to rape, but was released during Williams' trial. He later died of AIDS.
A fourth witness claimed the manager took Clifford and another man to his residence. He saw the hooded robe in the manager's home.
The other man said he spent the night with the manager. He had met him at the Silver Dollar Saloon in November 1980. He also met "Nate" Cater there, and had met Michael McIntosh at the Cameo Lounge.
The manager would be sentenced on a charge in another case of aggravated assault with attempt to rape, but was released during Williams' trial. He later died of AIDS.
  bench where Jones was killed     porch from where Brooks was witnessed |
 'window' in laundromat  dumpster bypassed by Brooks when carrying body     rear of laundromat |
The body of Clifford Jones was found next to a dumpster by the laundromat in Hollywood Plaza Shopping Center on Hollywood Road.
Bruises and cuts on were found on his mouth. His underwear was missing and he was wearing unfamiliar red and blue jogging shorts and white tennis shoes. The cause of death was asphyxiation by ligature strangulation.
21 August 1980
The trilobal fibers used to convict Wayne Williams were also found on Jones' body. Because there were five witnesses implicating another man in his death, Clifford Jones' case alone could in theory invalidate the entire case against Williams, which was built upon the fiber evidence.
His funeral was Monday, Aug. 25, 8:00 p.m. at the Little Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 315 Fifth Ave., Decatur, with the remains lying in state from 6pm. Rev. E.L. Thomas, pastor, officiated. Another funeral was held Tuesday, Aug. 26, 1:00 p.m. at Crombie Funeral Home Chapel, 2201 Broad St., Chattanooga, TN, where he was buried in the national cemetery in Chattanooga, Tenn. Trimier and Evans, Atlanta Metropolitan Funeral Services Inc., 2199 Candler Rd. 289-9295
Bruises and cuts on were found on his mouth. His underwear was missing and he was wearing unfamiliar red and blue jogging shorts and white tennis shoes. The cause of death was asphyxiation by ligature strangulation.
21 August 1980
The trilobal fibers used to convict Wayne Williams were also found on Jones' body. Because there were five witnesses implicating another man in his death, Clifford Jones' case alone could in theory invalidate the entire case against Williams, which was built upon the fiber evidence.
His funeral was Monday, Aug. 25, 8:00 p.m. at the Little Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 315 Fifth Ave., Decatur, with the remains lying in state from 6pm. Rev. E.L. Thomas, pastor, officiated. Another funeral was held Tuesday, Aug. 26, 1:00 p.m. at Crombie Funeral Home Chapel, 2201 Broad St., Chattanooga, TN, where he was buried in the national cemetery in Chattanooga, Tenn. Trimier and Evans, Atlanta Metropolitan Funeral Services Inc., 2199 Candler Rd. 289-9295
